Friday, June 19, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Immaculate Conception, Old South End
Since the regrettable incident with the painted stations at St. Francis de Sales, I consider these the finest set in Toledo. More pictures on Wednesday, along with the results of tomorrow's photo shoot in Lima.A Seldom Seen View at Immaculate Conception, Old South End
In fact, unless there's some problem with the bells, it's only seen by one person, twice a year. Only seen that often because someone has to change the time on the mechanism that rings the bells whenever daylight savings time comes and goes.
In the outer part of the rose window are sixteen faces of cherubs, seemingly all different.
The pictures aren't very good since they were taken while I was in a very uncomfortable position half in and half out of an opening in the wall that supports the organ pipes.
Worth it, but I wouldn't want to do it again.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Sorrowful Mother Shrine, Bellevue
"To me, the site is the perfect mix of nature and one human vision of the divine." -- Columbus Dispatch travel writer Steve Stephens.Full article: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/travel/stories/2009/04/05/RELIG.ART_ART_04-05-09_F1_EDDDG75.html
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Lourdes College
This is St. Mary Magdalen, from the Crucifixion group in fromt of Mother Adelaide's tomb. More in a day or so.Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
St. John, Point Place
I'd seen this one before, but the location makes getting the right light for pictures a matter of pure chance. The light on this particular day wasn't good, but a lot better than you'd get in full sun, unless it was early in the morning.I have to admit I have mixed feelings about this one. The main block of the building isn't bad at all and I do like that entrance.
The belfry isn't bad, either. It's rather interesting, actually, and a damn sight better than all those silly little fiberglass spires that sprout like weeds from a lot of churches of the period. The more I look at it, the more I like it.
Not much in the way of windows, but that wall is really very nice.
There's a problem, however,...
...in the form of that big, white, er......thing. ( Don't know what to call it. It's not really a dome and it's too ruddy big to be called a cupola. Let's just call it "that thing." ) Looks like it was designed by the props department of "Plan Nine from Outer Space", and if you know the reputation of that film, you'll realize that's a serious matter.
Maybe covering it with something a bit less glaring than those white panels would help. I wish they'd try. The rest of the building's decent enough to deserve better.
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